Oracle Database - RMAN New features (till 18c from 11g)

IN this blog I have tried to capture the new features in brief what rman is supporting now till the 18c release after Database 11g.

IN this blog I talk about RMAN New features introduced till date
 
12.1.0.2
Backup and Restore
1. CDB
2. PDB
3. PDB + CDB

Recover Point in Time
1. CDB
2. CDB + PDB
3. PDB


Standby
1. Recover from Service
2. Restore From Service

Multisection
1. Incremental
2. Image Copies

Duplication
1. Active Duplication but retrieve Backupsets over network rather than DF (confusing?? )
2. NOOPEN Clause will not open DB in resetlogs

12.2.0.1
Flashback
1. Flashback to Point in time PDB only

Sparse DB
1. Backup, Restore and Recover

18c
1. BCT (Active DG) on Multiinstance redo apply now possible
2. Preplugin backups now usable (Plugout from CDB1 and Plugin to CDB2, backup from CDB1 are usable)
3. Non-cdb backups usable (Backups before converting to PDB)
4. Duplicate PDB Directly